Breach (2007, Billy Ray) - Grade: B

This movie is based on the events surrounding former FBI agent Robert Hanssen. For those of you who forgot, he was a double agent who sold secrets to the Soviet Union for many years. Chris Cooper plays Hanssen, to perfection, as an arrogant, paranoid man out to teach the US a lesson. Ryan Phillipe plays his assistant Eric O'Neill, a young, naive wannabe agent, who agrees to assist the FBI. It's a bit slow moving, but the story is very interesting and keeps you wanting to see what happens next. Cooper's portrayal is by far the key to the movie, he captures every scene he is in, and makes everyone on the screen with him better. When I came home after the movie I rushed online to read up more on Hanssen. You can only find so much, as much is still classified.